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Which option does a Cisco UCS B-Series half width blade server support?

The correct answer is A. maximum of two local hard drives. A Cisco UCS B-Series half-width blade server, due to its compact form factor, typically supports a maximum of two local hard drives for internal storage.

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Question

Which option does a Cisco UCS B-Series half width blade server support?

Options

  • Amaximum of two local hard drives
  • BRAID 10 for SAS drives
  • CPCle Fibre Channel adapters
  • Dintegrated optical drives

How the community answered

(64 responses)
  • A
    91% (58)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    3% (2)

Why each option

A Cisco UCS B-Series half-width blade server, due to its compact form factor, typically supports a maximum of two local hard drives for internal storage.

Amaximum of two local hard drivesCorrect

Half-width blade servers are designed for high density in a blade chassis and have limited physical space for internal components, commonly restricting local storage to a maximum of two drives.

BRAID 10 for SAS drives

While RAID 10 is a valid RAID level, it requires at least four drives to implement, which exceeds the typical maximum local drive capacity of a half-width blade server.

CPCle Fibre Channel adapters

Blade servers utilize mezzanine cards for I/O expansion, not standard PCIe Fibre Channel adapters, which are typically designed for rack servers.

Dintegrated optical drives

Blade servers are optimized for data center environments and high density, thus they generally omit integrated optical drives to save space, power, and reduce complexity.

Concept tested: Cisco UCS B-Series blade server specifications

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/datasheet-c78-735398.html

Topics

#UCS B-Series blade#blade server specifications#local storage

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